Cooking utensil lid



J. k. MATTER ET AL COOKING UTENSIL LID Filed Dec.

Sept. 26, 1933.

Patented Sept. 26, 1933 r PATENT OFFICE COOKING UTENSIL LID James K. Matter and Joseph T. Weinzierl, New

,Kensington, Par, assignors to The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, New Kensington, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application December 1, 1931. Serial No.57 8,28 2 e Claims. (01. 53-1) The invention relates to a venting arrangement venting arrangement to the cover and handle asfor cookingyessels, and more particularly to a se mbly; concealed venting arrangement associated with Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line IIII" of the cover and handle or knob of a domestic cook- Fig. 1, but showing the relationship of the parts 5 ing vessel. a before the handle has been riveted in place; and In certain types of cooking vessels it is desir- Fig. 3 is a plan view; to a smaller scale, depictable' to provide vents for the purpose of allowing ing h general l i e of Cover, ha the escape of steam orwater vapor,ror to'allow a Venting a ra ement. l the ingress of air so that the contents of the vessel In the drawing; 1 represents'thecover D O 10 can flow t through a th opening or opena cookingvessel to which the handle or knob 6 ings without necessitating removal of the cover. is affixed in alconven'ient manner. as by the rivet v The purpose of t vents depends upon t type stud 3. In the preferred design, as shown, the of vessel or container t which t are used rivet stud is provided with an enlarged shouldered and bears no inseparable relationship to the presinner end to lag it in Place in the moulded m; invention 7 handle member 2. It will be understood that 0 Although vents of this character have been such other securing means maybe substituted as ployed heretofore in many types of cooking may be desired, and that the handle may be of vessels, their use has been confined, for the most any of the W611 known forms havmg one point of part, to vessels intended for use in the kitchen as attachment as herein illustrated or a plurality of 0 distinguished from vessels of the type which are points of attachment as in the case or U'shaped I intended for table use, or which are adapted for ih occasional use outside of the kitchen. Ordinary uhdelslde, handle member 2 1S h h vent holes and other venting arrangements hereh one or phh'ahhy of recessed porhohs 4 1h tofore proposed or used detract from the appear the form of channels opening outwardly at the ance of the vessel or cover in which they are side or stem of the handle member and disposed placed, rendering it unsatisfactory or undesirhnderheath the enlarged gripping portion there able for e on the tea wagon or dining room of. Portions of the cover member 1 are struck uptable; An example of s type of vessel may be wardly at points directly adjacent said recessed found in the well knownvvdrip coffee maker It is portions of. the handle member, forming the ventdesirable to vent the top or cover of a drip coffee ing channels 5 which he Within the recesses 4 maker; yet atthe same time, plainly visible ventwhen parts are assembled There 15 also ing arrangements would mar the appearance-of puhched m the hover the hsualhperthre 6 to the coffee maker and makeit less suitable for use celve the attachmg element in dining or drawing rooms. 7 In the manufacture of vessels or covers there It is an object of this invention to provide a for embodying our invention the vents 5 and aper- 9 venting arrangement which is concealed from tum 6 may cohvemehhy be formed before the view and which is adapted for use with cooking parts are hsshmbled pre'fonhed handle vessels of various types. Itis also an object of member Wlth h attachmg Fhemeht 3 15 then m this invention to provide a venting arrangement in place. It will here be evident that the vents 5 iii-5 which is associated with the handle or knob of serve the Purpose of acchrately poslhohhlg the the vessel to which it is applied and which by handle dunng f of assembling the parts. This is par icu ar y a vantageous when an h r of Stuch i zfifi gi iigl gzi g s; spe oval-shaped, or other-than-round, design of hanvan age-s pp dle member is to be associated with a similarly- 45 A particular objhct'of the invention is to shaped, or other-than-round, design of cover.

videa venting arrangement which assists in po- Good apearance demands that the handle and sitioning and securing in place the handle of the cover be aligned in symmetrical relationship, and Vessel other Objects and advantages will by our invention this is insured without dependpear or fully in the description of the followence on the skill of the workman in the assembly n5 ing illustrative embodiment of the invention thereof, 0 taken in connection with the accompanying A washer '7 is slipped over the inwardly projectdrawing in which: ing rivet stud 3 (Fig. 2) and the rivet headedup as 'Fig. 1 is an enlarged fragmentary view, parat 8 (Fig. 1) to securely lock the parts in position. tially in vertical section, of the top or cover of The vents 5 assist in locking the handle member 0 a vessel, showing therelationship of my improved 2 in position and prevent its turning with respect to the cover member, thus eliminating one of the causes of loosened handles without departing from the simple conventional securing rivet or equivalent bolt.

Thevents 5 protect and shield the handle member from steamor water vapor escaping from the vessel. Steam tends to deteriorate wood. and compositionsfrom which handles are frequently made but in our preferred design this difficulty is r minimized or entirely eliminated. I

It will be seen that we have provided'a venting arrangement which is virtually concealed from view, which aids in correctly positioningthe handie during and after asseinblyQahd whichprotects the handle from steam. We have at the same time provided an arrangementof handle ber, a handlemember secured to said cover member and provided with a recess in its underside, a

portion of said cover member being upstruck to extend into said recess and thereby provide a concealed vent. I

2. A combined handle-positioning and venting arrangement for culinary articles comprising a vessel, a handle, and means for rigidly securing said. handle to said vessel, said securing means comprising interlocking venting channels in said vessel and handle preventing rotation of the handle.

3. In a domestic cooking vessel, a cover memher, and. a handle member secured thereto, said cover member being provided with a vent in a part thereof beneath said handle member, and said vent being entirely concealed from above by said handle member..

4. In a cooking vessel, a cover member, a handle member securedthereto, handle-positioning means formed in said cover member, said handlepositioning means comprising upstruck portions of said cover member adapted to enter recesses in said handle member.

5.. In a cooking vessel,v a cover member,-v a bandle member secured thereto, venting recesses disposed on the underside of said handle member,

portions of said cover member adjacent said recesses'bei'ng upstruck thereinto, whereby saidupstrucklportions definitely position said handle and prevent its rotation relative to the cover member.

JAMES" K. MATTER. J OSEPH T; WEINZIERL.

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